8 Countries Where It's Dangerous For Women To Travelhttp://www.businessinsider.com/dangerous-countries-for-women-to-travel-2013-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:55:36 -0400Megan Willetthttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5165cae3eab8ea6c3e000004JuanWed, 10 Apr 2013 16:26:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5165cae3eab8ea6c3e000004
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What an idiotic article. Who put this together, really? Just because there was one recent incident in each country now they are most dangerous countries to travel. All of those countries were traveled by hundreds of solo women travelers . Please stop scaring people like this. What is this Fox news?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5160cec7eab8eabf7f000030AnuragSat, 06 Apr 2013 21:41:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5160cec7eab8eabf7f000030
This is racist demagogy at best.
There were 572 cases of rape in New Delhi in 2011, Australia and Sweden about 16000. Population of New Delhi ( > 20 million) exceeds that of Australia and Sweden. That would make New Delhi safer by several orders of magnitude than any western nation.
Per capita for 100,000 population India = 1.8, United Kingdom (England and Wales) = 28.8, USA = 27.3.
Do you see any calls by UN to introduce programs in western nations.
Raping is so common in US and Western nations that it doesn't even come in news anymore...You should be ashamed Americans.
28 Mar 2013: Girl, 14, raped by two men on Glasgow bus (The Guardian)
January 14, 2013: Elmont, New York, 15-Year-Old Girl Gang-Raped In Front Of Teacher, Who Allegedly Does Nothing ( The Inquisitr)
February 12, 2013, Australian tourist raped in NYC after leaving cab
There were no demonstrations or protests.
Why aren't the above News Stories, and many others like these, all over Yahoo or NY Times.
search for "Rape more common than smoking in the US". There are more woman who have been raped than are smoking in US According to the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey --there is an average of 207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year.
Historically, travelers through out the centuries have remarked on how unbelievably safe respected woman are in India. For famous travelers, go Read Mark Twain's writing on his journey through India. Or Read German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, essays on status of woman in ancient cultures.
So much so that in PBS Documentary on production and consumption of GOLD ( early 80's), the host while in India remarked that "I got to say this, I know this film has nothing to do with this, but I am amazed how respected and safe woman are in this country" gave several examples, one particular one about a woman cutting grass in field loaded with Gold jewelry, feeling completely safe.
Traditional India is reacting and protesting. But it's being reported is as though Indian people are protesting against tolerance for rape in India, when it's the opposite, the people protesting because they have very little tolerance for rape. Far worse incidents take place in Western countries and US, and there is no protest, doesn't even make the main news, lucky if even local news papers will cover it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5160c6636bb3f77134000007Sergio StanislauskasSat, 06 Apr 2013 21:05:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5160c6636bb3f77134000007
I would rather read an article in this site about the special care that everyone should take when visiting a region without a local companion . It is obvious that taking any mean of transportation that is not legalized might be cheaper but is not the safest way to go around in any place in World. I do not know all the places that were mentioned in the article, but I know a lot of other places that should have been mentioned. Maybe they were not because they are in developed countries. The problem is that criminals are criminals no matter were they operate. So let's be fair , all places are dangerous if you do not know them and are exploring them all by yourself..http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51600e13eab8ea6c67000011privateinstigatorSat, 06 Apr 2013 07:59:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51600e13eab8ea6c67000011
Every country has its dangers, but in Africa we learn one fact that cannot be disputed, a predator will go for the animal that looks most vulnerable, the sick, the weak, the small. If you look like a difficult target, someone who is not worth the trouble, they will pass on by. Thankfully I have the resources to avoid the scourge of rape that blights my country, I've only ever been mildly mugged a few times in my hometown of Johannesburg, and the reason was that I made mistakes, I failed to protect myself properly on all these occasions and I left myself open to predation. In this part of the world we learn to take responsibility for our own safety and not expect the police or anyone else to come to our rescue. Nine times out of ten, people will come to our aid, because South Africans are great that way, but it's not something you can count on. Every time I mention this, I am told "don't blame the victim". Well in an ideal world, anyone can walk around anywhere in whatever they choose to wear, but we are far from an ideal world. Blend in, don't flash your money around, look people in the eye, look strong, but not arrogant. Most of all, don't be naive. Bleating about your inalienable right to go wherever you want, wearing whatever you want after you've been attacked is just too damn late.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515fafc6eab8ea3922000001LgSat, 06 Apr 2013 01:16:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515fafc6eab8ea3922000001
India is the first country on this list, yet at the end of the list there is an ad for travel in India.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f7987eab8ea152300001dJose BastosFri, 05 Apr 2013 21:25:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f7987eab8ea152300001d
It's hard for a Brazilian to read a story like this ... Unfortunately this event has occurred and what has been quoted is very serious, thankfully resolved quickly by police. We must, however, take into account that the metropolitan region of Rio has about 12 million inhabitants ... As for sexism in Brazil, it is endangered ... Here in Rio de Janeiro we like visits, without distinction of color, race, religion, sexual preference, football team ... Women! They can come! You will be welcomed with music, caipirinha and joy!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f555e6bb3f7b27f00000bJoseFri, 05 Apr 2013 18:51:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f555e6bb3f7b27f00000b
Unfortunately, as a Brazilian citizen, I have to read comments like this about Rio de Janeiro ... Rio has 6 million inhabitants and around cities has further 6 million. Very few cases if compaired to the city's size. There are two points to consider: the case cited was indeed very serious, that occurred in typically tourist area, but quickly and happily resolved by the police; the other point is that sexism is no longer the favorite sport of Brazilian and much less of Cariocas. We recebememos open arms tourists from around the world, without prejudice of race, religion or sexual preference. Incidentally, just see how it is being rejected the President of the Commission of Human Rights of the House, simply because of some statements from him ... You can come, women! You will be well received, with great music, caipirinha and joy!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f4b4169beddbf4500000fPat SaisonFri, 05 Apr 2013 18:08:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f4b4169beddbf4500000f
When I was a young teenager in Rio, three boys wanted to rob me off of my jeans, but thankfully there were looking for Lee jeans, not Levi's, and let me go. I went to the cop in the street and reported the attempt--he did not want to bother, he said why don't you go to see if they are still there, then let me know. Brazil is a place with a lot of crime then, and now. Avoid Brazil.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f4a4eecad042278000012Pat SaisonFri, 05 Apr 2013 18:03:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f4a4eecad042278000012
Prosecution of rape. If every rapist who is caught is publicly beheaded, there would be fewer rapists.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f3ffeecad047e6200002bParth vasaFri, 05 Apr 2013 17:19:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f3ffeecad047e6200002b
The best tip anyone can give a woman tourist in INdia is just keep a lit bat or stick or a little Kubota around and beat the crap out of the potential rapist, if he is alone she will be in luck. Indian men are surprisingly weak regardless of size.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f1218eab8ea0547000005nokFri, 05 Apr 2013 14:04:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515f1218eab8ea0547000005
Oh Thamir. You really think someone would visit Saudi Arabia willingly? Like a tourist? No thanks. Not until i can bring my female guardian. I just don't get why people don't evolve.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515edb946bb3f7721e00000adan sonneburgFri, 05 Apr 2013 10:11:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515edb946bb3f7721e00000a
and you of course you are a "liberated" person. I don't know which country you are from, but you seem pretty judgmental, and from being judgmental to bigotry i't's a mere stone's throw.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e91436bb3f78c14000001Get RealFri, 05 Apr 2013 04:54:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e91436bb3f78c14000001
Statistics are often just made up numbers. As an example, take a look at the inflations statistics for the last few years..... But those can be "proven" with complex mathematical formulae and actual data. So they must be true, right?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e9079ecad042e1a000009Get RealFri, 05 Apr 2013 04:51:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e9079ecad042e1a000009
Luton is NOT London, my friend! Luton is another city about 30 miles to the NORTH of London. And we are not talking about getting mugged. We are talking about violence against women.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e8fdbecad04701a000001Get RealFri, 05 Apr 2013 04:48:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e8fdbecad04701a000001
Really? People board a bus in the US to then be driven around for hours while being brutally raped? That happens in the US? I must be reading the wrong newspapers..... Do you really think if something like that happened in the US people wouldn't take to the streets? Do you believe that Americans are ok with that kind of violence against women? You don't have much faith in your countrymen, do you?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e8b286bb3f75f7f000017Get RealFri, 05 Apr 2013 04:28:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e8b286bb3f75f7f000017
Instead of being so negative, why don't you channel some of that energy into fighting crime against women? If you were a victim of sexual violence, your attitude would be a lot less cavalier. My comments were not about India, per se. It's about believing the statistics. Whether there are more rapes in the US, the UK or India was not my topic of debate. My point was that many (probably most) rapes go UNREPORTED because women are AFRAID! Moreover, some countries' police forces simply aren't equipped to investigate and prosecute rape effectively. Bust on the US all you want, but at least forensic evidence gathering is credible and the probability of a conviction is STATISTICALLY much, much higher than in a country like India. Moreover, police in the US are trained to deal with rape victims in a compassionate way (I know there are exceptions sometimes, before you launch into another tirade) and to encourage them to prosecute. Do you really believe this to be the case in India? Care to test it out?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e688fecad04104e00000eAndré Kenji De SousaFri, 05 Apr 2013 02:00:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e688fecad04104e00000e
He is right. South Africa has a fair worse reputation(And numbers) than Kenya on rape.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e677b69bedd3b11000001André Kenji De SousaFri, 05 Apr 2013 01:56:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e677b69bedd3b11000001
1-) the "Euro descended" Brazilians is a complex preposition. Many people that owned slaves were in fact either Mulatto or had Indian Ancestry(In fact, the biggest slave trader in History was a mulatto). Most "White" Brazilians that you see are immigrants that came after slavery was outlawed.
There are several problems in Brazil. Money being used to build Stadia is not the biggest of them.
2-) Many favelas in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are wealthy areas when compared to the Mississippi Delta and to many Indian Reservations.
3-) Even the poorest Brazilian has healthcare.
4-) A Black American Male is dozens of times more likely to go to prison than a Brazilian one.
I´m not saying that being a Black in Brazil is an easy life, but the United States is hardly a good example of that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e373a69bedd171c000009ImplicitParentThu, 04 Apr 2013 22:30:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e373a69bedd171c000009
He'll, I wouldn't send my wife to a NASCAR race by herself, no way India is more dangerous than 100,000 drunk rednecks...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df637ecad04ee7b000001Parth VasaThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:52:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df637ecad04ee7b000001
You are well informed, I was in the Ayurveda hospital in Kerala last year, there were a number of single women from all over. The North is the issue, in reality the SOuth is where you see real Indian culture and decency. No debate there, other states like Bihar etc are worse. Not to mention Maoists infested North east.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df54e6bb3f73d6b000010Parth VasaThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:49:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df54e6bb3f73d6b000010
You need a shrink, what else?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df43deab8eaa244000027Hindu BusterThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:44:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515df43deab8eaa244000027
Going by your spam posted here and vibe you give off, you are a typical Hindutva troll whos feelings got hurt. Nice try, Hindu.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dec51eab8eac02f00000bLisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:10:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dec51eab8eac02f00000b
Look at kk's post below and then I await your cowardly response of "well, you can't believe those numbers! I know there is more raped in India because of the 3 cases I read about on BI! I just know it!! whaaaaa!"http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deba7ecad040d66000004Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:07:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deba7ecad040d66000004
Of course all the insecure whitey racists will ignore your post.
Such idiots here and on the internet. What has happened to white guys to make them so weak?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deaf2eab8ea5432000001Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:04:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deaf2eab8ea5432000001
Going by your goofy face, I think I'll take a raincheck on that one.
Also, I've heard many terrible things about you Saudis. Western men and women being kidnapped by locals, raped, and thrown out. When reporting the crime, Saudi cops arrest the victims for engaging in prohibitied sex. How nuts is that? Saudi Arabia is one of the last places I as an Amercian woman would visit. And I say this as someone who loves traveling to places like India, which I consider a second home.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dea3369beddc45d000007Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:01:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dea3369beddc45d000007
You need to get real. Stats are the only thing we can go by, not made up numbers. Just because you and the western media which brainwashes you think that India is rape central, it's just not the case. I've been there literally a dozen times, mostly in the southern parts, and rape is the least thing I have to worry about. I am more concerned by being randomly raped or date raped in the US than in India. But keep believeing what the media trends in order to create memes for eyeballs.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de98769beddff57000018Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:58:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de98769beddff57000018
LOL, you are such a joke. Most white women are raped by white guys. Go to a college frat party and find out. Do you know how many rapes are date rapes and not random gangbang black rapes that you envision in your dreams while you jack off? You are such a weakling and men like you are why white 20 something women like myself date interacially almost exclusively.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de877eab8eac62900000fBob BobbaThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:54:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de877eab8eac62900000f
Bad logic there Hoger Gracie, since there are multiples more abject poor in Brazil compared to America. The poor in America have fat bellies and flat screen TVs.
Euro descended Brazilians have screwed the native/afro populations moreso than anwhere in the western hemisphere (even including the US with its 300+ yrs of slavery and segregation). It's funny how the dark brazilians are the shapeiest and sexiest, yet you never even see them on your magazine covers. All you see are white brazilians, even ugly transexual looking ones like Gisele Bunchan whatever her name is. Even here in the US we have women like Tyra.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de71869bedd8c57000019Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:48:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de71869bedd8c57000019
Partha I will agree with you on one major point: while rapes in India is low on a per capita basis and much lower in both per capita and even absolute numbers compared to the US, majority of the rapes occur in places in the North like Delhi or the central parts.
No offense to the Punjabis, but those are the ones late at night which you have to worry about in unsavory places.
The south is where it is at for a young, pretty white woman like myself. Kerala is where I usually go (I will be going again for the 13th time this May). I also frequent Tamil Nadu at times.
Kerala is listed as one of the places to visit before you die by National Geographic. It is very different from a place like New Delhi with its western chain stores. Not my idea of India.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de5caeab8ea742200001aLisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:42:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de5caeab8ea742200001a
You realize anal bleaching and such were invented and used mostly by American and European women? Porn stars started the trend.
As far as socioeconomic problems, India has its fair share, but there are also 100s of millions living the middle class life. It's the 300 million poor that have it rough. But that leaves 800 million who are living middle class or better lives. India does have a long way to go to insure justice and prosperity to these folks, but when you think about the sheer size of the population, the poor economic principles applied during and after colonization which caused the lack of resources, it is pretty amazing all the things India has accomplished.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de4cf6bb3f7d64e000012Lisa BuchananThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:38:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de4cf6bb3f7d64e000012
Oh please. US rapes far outnumber rapes in India. Look them up you fools. I am a young white American woman who has been to India a dozen times. Rape against foreign tourists is rare as a intelligent comment on a BI article.
Even domestic rape is horrid. They rioted because the idea of several men brutalizing a woman like that was unheard of. Things like that happen in the US, but no one riots because it is to be expected.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dde5069bedd0c40000031TruthThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:10:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dde5069bedd0c40000031
Who cares you narcissistic self adoring and aggrandizing failed nutcase nation?
Unless your dye your genitals to look more 'white'(yep this is advertised on Indian tv), or
kill the female child (yep, around 8,500,000 female babies are killed in India every year because of the dowry, or live in fear of suttee (yep, 35,000 indian wife's are killed by the grooms family every year), or are of low caste (yep, 85% of Indians are low caste, many considered non human or of a different species of human, not race but sub human according to Hindu belief, or you live on less than $5 a day, live in filth & squalor, live in fear of rape & violence, or have & education that is absolutely worthless globally, or are filled nazi racial Hindu eugenic beliefs from your ignorant, poor, squalid envorinoment, live with 400m or more poor in absolutely disease ridden no clean water, no good food, you urinate, menstruate & defacate along with your fellows on the street, you live in a totally corrupt & violence laden unequal peasant society....
Then blames everyone else for their own failings or deflect and hides their miserable realities.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb9769beddaf65000006Les LegatoThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:42:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb9769beddaf65000006
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"switzerland 9/100,000 safer to be in india statistically."
RACIST!
/shttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb6e69bedd4b68000001Les LegatoThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:42:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb6e69bedd4b68000001
Obama needs to pay for free trips to these place for all libs! Otherwise it's double discrimination!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb2769beddb465000001David HauserThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:40:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dbb2769beddb465000001
Awesome! Ladies must make sure to cover up and couples better not show affection in public or a good public stoning could be in your future! Also, no swearing, even if the cab driver slams the car door on your hand or you could wind up with a public lashing!!! Much fun to be had by all!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515db30369beddda4d00000dParth VasaThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:06:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515db30369beddda4d00000d
On a lighter note, there is not a safety issue if someone gently squeezes your butt on a packed bus. ITs a bit comically sick but not dangerous.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515db29169bedd1251000002Parth vasaThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:04:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515db29169bedd1251000002
They get groped in some cities in rush hour. I already said that. THat is 1 city only, the capital to boot- New Delhi. You are not gonna get raped though. Yes that is a problem. But not in the south and majority of INdian cities. My issue with this article is generalizing India as one contiguous cultural zone. Its like saying don't go to bars in Europe because there are some bars in POland where east Europe mafia operates, well India is 3 times bigger than Europe in population.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515daa456bb3f7635f00000ckkThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:28:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515daa456bb3f7635f00000c
Here is your research: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics</a>
USA 29 rape/ 100,000
India 2/100,000
sweden 67/100, 000
switzerland 9/100,000 safer to be in india statistically.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da7d26bb3f7b75800001bkkThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:18:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da7d26bb3f7b75800001b
Title should be most hyped rape countries. Where is the data, do some actual work. Get # of rapes per country, then devide it by number of people. compare per capita rate of rape.
How about checking how many people getting raped daily in detroit or camden or newark NJ.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da170eab8ea5004000009mnaknabeelThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:51:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da170eab8ea5004000009
I dont know what has happened to India. India has such nice tourist attractions but the recent rape assault has proven to be a disaster for the country. India claims to be the next super power and yet they are unable to educate the people about how to respect a womenhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8de1eab8ea52510000aeDare I Say ItThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:27:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8de1eab8ea52510000ae
Look at the demographics of the 'safe' vs. 'unsafe' countries.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8d8cecad04d92f000017FlavioThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:26:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8d8cecad04d92f000017
Agreed. Statistics are not perfect. Still, I think they are our best proxy of reality. Far better than anecdotal evidence ("I traveled many times here and there and nothing happened to me") or analyses based on tons of untestable assumptions.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d79da69bedd5236000022fThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:02:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d79da69bedd5236000022
have you ever been on a night bus in london? i could go to luton at night and get mugged does that mean london is unsafe?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7674eab8ea031d00000efThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:47:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7674eab8ea031d00000e
kenya is right fully in its place, its caller nirobery for a reason, you are probably a cheap comment writer from kenya yourself, mombasa is just scary.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d749d69beddd92a00001bprivateinstigatorThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:39:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d749d69beddd92a00001b
Paranoia should be a woman's default setting when traveling alone. I live in South Africa, a place where rape is pretty much the national sport, but the only place I was jumped on by a guy sexually was in France. Was also slipped a mickey in a restaurant in Toledo Spain. Make sure that wine bottle is unsealed in front of you.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d73d269bedddd2a000001Get RealThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:36:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d73d269bedddd2a000001
These stats are compiled in actual reports filed. Sadly, in many countries women don't report because that could only make it worse for them. The truth is that we just don't know how many rapes there are. But you can be certain that any statistics fall far short of the actual number, regardless of country.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7316ecad04807d00003aGet RealThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:33:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7316ecad04807d00003a
If India is so '"safe" why should women avoid public transport during rush hour? I don't have any issues when I take public transport in a place like London, Paris, NY or San Francisco. If you can't go out in public, then it can't be safe, dimwit!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d729ceab8eaa512000011Jeff MwauraThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:31:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d729ceab8eaa512000011
Putting Kenya in this list was wrong considering South Africa has the worst rape cases in the continent. The writer is either too lazy to carry out a detailed and well balanced research or they simply hired a cheap content writer from Asia for this article.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d726ceab8ea5415000001Get realThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:30:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d726ceab8ea5415000001
Dude, it's not just sexual violence against tourists. Violence against Indian women is horrendous and the number of incidents is arising at an alarming rate! Look what happened to that poor physiotherapy student. What those men did to her goes beyond sick. She eventually died of her injuries. If rape wasn't a problem in India, why did they have riots on the streets after this poor girl's story hit the news?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d65b4eab8eada7200002fThamir GhaslanThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:36:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d65b4eab8eada7200002f
Women are welcome to come and safely visit Saudi, with your male guardians!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d593eecad043847000024AvJoeThu, 04 Apr 2013 06:43:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d593eecad043847000024
What utter bollocks!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d436aeab8eaeb1d000030FlavioThu, 04 Apr 2013 05:10:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d436aeab8eaeb1d000030
Beware anecdotal advice: just check the numbers.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics</a>
Sort the table by 2010 rate over country population and here you are: Sweden, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, New Zealand and USA in the Top 15. Not quite the usual suspects, eh?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d1c30eab8ea124c000023Parth VasaThu, 04 Apr 2013 02:22:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d1c30eab8ea124c000023
Its about safety for women. When terrorism strikes, it doesn't matter if you have a male holding your hand.
Based on absolute statistics a tourist is more likely to die on a visit to NYC than all of India since 9/11/2001. State dept advisories sucks!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d136a69beddd636000010André Kenji De SousaThu, 04 Apr 2013 01:45:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d136a69beddd636000010
1-) Many of these facilities are going to be used. It´s true, most of the infrastructure used for the Olympics always becomes a white elephant, but Brazil is a large country that can absorb these expenditures.
Besides that, in many cities the stadia that are going to be used for the World Cup are going to be useful. São Paulo has a aged and weak sports infrastructure.
2-) Using this rationale, one could argue that the US government should not spend money with stadia because there are lots of miserable people in the Indian Reservations in the Dakotas, in the South Side of Chicago and in West Virginia.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d1245ecad04e349000003André Kenji De SousaThu, 04 Apr 2013 01:40:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d1245ecad04e349000003
Brazil is a large country. Many areas in urban areas are dangerous for foreigners(Specially the Old Downtown in São Paulo, some areas in the poor suburbs, many areas in Rio, the urban areas and the surroundings of the large capitals in the Northeast), but there are many areas that are perfectly safe.
The real advice is to have a local to help you avoid the most dangerous areas. Besides that, Brazilian Machismo is a complex phenomenon. Cops in most countries would never allow this, for instance: <a href="http://img.terra.com.br/i/2007/01/24/449573-6232-it2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://img.terra.com.br/i/2007/01/24/449573-6232-it2.jpg</a>
There are men with inappropriate behavior, but you will also find people willing to help you.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d0f51eab8ea6033000002cj77Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:27:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d0f51eab8ea6033000002
The fact that Brazil is hosting both the World Cup and the summer Olympics in the next few years is actually a crime against its own people. I livd in Brazil for a couple of years and spent time in Rio, and the hills that surround those picturesque beaches are home to hundreds of thousands of people who live in favellas (slums) in the most squalid of conditions, most without electricity or running water. The Brazilian gov't should be directing its recources toward improving the lives of its people, rather than building all those facilities needed to host an olympics that will be used for a couple of weeks and then abandoned. Moreover, their gov't is actually displacing thousands of people and hundreds of small business to make room for the multiple construction projects. And you can bet that none of those people will be attending any of the events. It's really just criminal...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cefe5ecad04990800000alukmanleongWed, 03 Apr 2013 23:13:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cefe5ecad04990800000a
So girls, if you decided to go to Brazil...please note that Afghanistan and Pakistan are safer :Dhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cee336bb3f78378000011Parth VasaWed, 03 Apr 2013 23:06:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cee336bb3f78378000011
It goes to show you how ill informed and dumb these reports are. Take a country like India, 1 billion people and a massive landmass. Here is what the report should have said:-
Alert ! Alert! Single women travelling to India- do not do these things-
1) Attend late night drug/trance parties or join cults.
2) Sunbathe in nude in desolate beaches
3) Camp in India at all for safety including sanitary issues and insects
4) Cities in the NOrth especially Delhi and possibly other major cities avoid rush hour public transportation.
5) You are perfectly safe in Southern India where the IT industry is, Bangalore Hyderabad and Kerala where the ayurveda centers are. If you can , stay 3 star hotels or better. ANd lock your door.
Thats it!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ceb6eecad04787c000006Parth VasaWed, 03 Apr 2013 22:54:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ceb6eecad04787c000006
BHOPAL, India, March 17, 2013 (AFP) - A Swiss female tourist was gang-raped in central India in front of her husband, police said Saturday, renewing the focus on the issue of sexual violence against women in the South Asian nation.
The woman was on a cycling trip with her husband in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state when seven to eight men attacked the couple late Friday while they were camping, sexually assaulting the woman and robbing the pair, police said.
----Even I don't have the ballz or the idiocy to camp where these yahoos camped. In fact I would never camp in INdia considering the water etc etc etc.------http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cea93eab8ea7c62000008jtWed, 03 Apr 2013 22:50:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cea93eab8ea7c62000008
All of these countries will forever circle the drain of the human toilet. Add some US cities to the list like Chicago, Detroit, DC, and yes NYC too..http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce7d5eab8eae15f000001Parth VasaWed, 03 Apr 2013 22:39:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce7d5eab8eae15f000001
THere is no significant data of rape of tourists in India when the tourists are not out in the boondocks or in a drug/Trance party or under some guru's ashram. Won't happen. INdia is a deeply conservative country and women domination is only in families- its in the house not outside. Some Northern cities have problems in public transportation etc but then its common knowledge. Odds are you get beaten up for bothering women as there is always someone watching.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce6a16bb3f7716900000fparth vasaWed, 03 Apr 2013 22:34:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce6a16bb3f7716900000f
WHat data compiled by Indian government? India has perhaps the shyest men as far as foreign women go. The few rape cases are primarily in way out areas or some anamoly.
EVer shake hand with an Indian from India? You think they are capable of rape routinely?
INdia is too conservative a country contrary to what you read. Male dominated -yes, but not towards strangers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cde1c69bedd0d3c000004theoutsiderWed, 03 Apr 2013 21:57:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cde1c69bedd0d3c000004
No, it was based on statistics compiled by the Indian government and studied by travel advisers. Not some random data. And this is about sexual assaults, not terrorism, which does not discriminates the sexes or ages.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cd94869bedddf2a000014parth vasaWed, 03 Apr 2013 21:37:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cd94869bedddf2a000014
This is based on 1 Swiss women getting raped camping in some out of the way spot in Madhya Pradesh India? And oh that one almost happened in AGra. Do you rmember anymore incidents since September 9/11 in India? Do you wanna guess how many female tourists died in NYC on 9/11? This is too alarmist. Its highly unlikely that tourists get attacked in India because the overcrowding there guarantees a witness. Contrary to what you may believe, there are consequences in INdia. And prison in India is a real prison.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cd38cecad045e5000001bCountries for Wild AnimalsWed, 03 Apr 2013 21:12:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cd38cecad045e5000001b
These countries are full of wild animals. Women beware!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cc76069bedd2f7e00000cRCWed, 03 Apr 2013 20:20:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cc76069bedd2f7e00000c
I don't see Aruba as unsafe. Glad to see Chile listed as safe since I live here.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cb3d6ecad048018000006Wrong HeadlineWed, 03 Apr 2013 18:57:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cb3d6ecad048018000006
EVERY place is dangerous at the wrong time and with the wrong people.
EVERYONE absolutely MUST use discretion. Not just when traveling to certain countries, but ANYPLACE.
Please folks, use your brain and your heart and your attention.
Thank you.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cb2b3ecad041e14000006NeilWed, 03 Apr 2013 18:52:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515cb2b3ecad041e14000006
Same things happened (mainly during spring break and summer vacation when many foreingers complained about rape or mogged) in Miami (South Beach). Your so called list is missing the United States, but hey, don't believe me, but believe your "government statistics".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ca3deeab8ea3f4100000bOh pleaseWed, 03 Apr 2013 17:49:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ca3deeab8ea3f4100000b
The US and Saudi Arabia are the two most repressed nations on Earth. Male sexuality is a sin in America. Just watch a man try to talk about sex in mixed company in the USA. You might as well talk about beastiality. ... Only that wouldn't be as bad. Totally weird culture.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ca08e6bb3f7e366000006mofopandaWed, 03 Apr 2013 17:35:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ca08e6bb3f7e366000006
"There are also provisions in the law that make sexual offenses contingent on the "chastity" of the victim, and women who report their sexual assault are regularly met with disrespect and suspicion by the authorities."
So basically it's the same as in the US. Good to know. Thanks, BI!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c9327eab8ea5c1d000017artful dodgerWed, 03 Apr 2013 16:37:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c9327eab8ea5c1d000017
It seems like the concept of unmarried women traveling needing to be extra careful is something from the stone ages, but actually the level of equality reached in modern developed countries is an extremely recent phenomenon. The internet/wireless web has only made things worse... the most extreme porn is now being viewed in countries where some men never even get to see a real, unveiled woman. Chaos was bound to happen.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c8c9669beddb56c000001Uninterested BystanderWed, 03 Apr 2013 16:09:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c8c9669beddb56c000001
Here are safe countries:
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/travel-warnings/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/travel-warnings/</a>